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BBC – China Olympic ceremony star mimed: A pretty girl who won national fame after singing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was only miming. Wearing a red dress and pigtails, Lin Miaoke charmed a worldwide audience with a rendition of “Ode to the Motherland”. But the singer was Yang Peiyi, who was not allowed to appear because she is not as “flawless” as nine-year-old Lin.
Telegraph – Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who ‘sang’ in opening ceremony: At the last moment a member of the Chinese politburo who was watching a rehearsal pronounced that the winner, a girl called Yang Peiyi, might have a perfect voice but was unsuited to the lead role because of her buck teeth.
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Dear Yang Peiyi,
One day, one hopes, you may enjoy enough freedom to read the following:
1. You are beautiful.
2. This is ugly:
New York Times – In Grand Olympic Show, Some Sleight of Voice: By Tuesday, the Chinese news media had already pounced on the story, instigating a national conversation that government censors were trying to mute by stripping away many, but not all, of the public comments posted online.
Cheers
Tim Ireland
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By beaubodor August 13, 2008 - 11:36 am
http://www.bbdo.co.uk/blog/archives/940
By Manic August 13, 2008 - 11:47 am
Heh. How can China hope to keep up with Hollywood?BTW, now we know why Iain Dale was so taken with the opening ceremony… it contained an adorable sock-puppet!
By jailhouselawyer August 14, 2008 - 3:28 pm
I noticed Iain Dale's praise for the opening ceremony, which I didn't watch, and thought about that when it first emerged that some of the firework display was actually pre-recorded and there was computer enhanced fakery.Had Yang Peiyi instead been a swimmer or other medal winning athlete, I don't suppose looks would have mattered as it would have been her ability which is judged. By the same token, it should have just been her singing voice which mattered. I don't think slightly crooked teeth spoil her looks. Given a choice of a voice like an angel and crooked teeth, or straight teeth and fuck all else it has to be the former.